The Use of Strip Theory in the Dynamics of Deformable Aircraft.

Abstract

A detailed formulation of the equations of motion of a deformable aircraft is given. The development is from Lagrange's equations for an inertial frame, and is made in terms of the position, orientation, force and inertia properties of narrow strips of the aircraft which lie fore and aft in the unperturbed state. The latter is one of constant linear velocity and zero angular velocity. Particular account is taken of the deformation and loading in the unperturbed state. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 26, 1978
Accession Number
ADA067065

Entities

People

  • D. L. Woodcock

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Forces
  • Aircrafts
  • Airfoils
  • Angular Momentum
  • Birds
  • Boundaries
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Coefficients
  • Control Surfaces
  • Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flight
  • Flight Paths
  • Leading Edges
  • Notation
  • Translations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Structural Dynamics.